United Kingdom

Official Name:	The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Official Name (Local Language):	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ISO Country Codes:	GB : GBR
Internet Domain:	.uk
Government Web Site:	https://www.gov.uk/

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Capital:	London	Main Airports:	Belfast International Airport, Edinburgh Airport, Gatwick Airport, Glasgow Airport, Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Heathrow Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, London City Airport, Manchester Airport
Language(s):	English	Population:	66,052,076
Currency:	British Pound	ISO Currency Code:	GBP
Telephone Dial In:	+44	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Australia Group; Central American Integration System; Commonwealth of Nations; Community of Democracies; Council of Europe; Council of The Baltic Sea States; Euro Atlantic Partnership Council; Inter Parliamentary Union; NATO; Organization for Security and Cooperation In Europe; Pacific Alliance; UN; UNESCO;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

News Agency

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NewsNow;

Reuters;

Newspaper

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International Business Times;

Mirror;

SkyNews;

The Belfast Telegraph;

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BBC World Service;

Internet Radio UK;

UK Online Radio;

United Kingdom

Government Website:	https://www.gov.uk/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/uk
Central Bank:	Bank of England
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	0.7836 British pounds (GBP) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	3.17% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line:	15% (2013 est.)
Inflation Rate:	1.7% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	1.10% (Feb-21 - TradingEconomics)
GDP:	$2,828 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$46,659 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	British Pound
Currency Code:	GBP
World Bank Classification:	High Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	0.6%	cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish
Industry:	19.2%	machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, t
Services:	80.2%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

African Development Bank; Asian Development Bank; EBRD; FAO; G20; IMF; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; OECD; Un Economic and Social Commission for Asia the Pacific; Un Economic Commission for Europe; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; EBRD; FAO; IMF; International Energy Agency; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Commodities Exchange: Baltic Exchange ; Integrated Nano-Science & Commodity Exchange ; London Metal Exchange ; Stock & Securities Exchange: ICE Futures Europe ;

National Statistics Office:

Office for National Statistics;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Global Survey; Trading Economics;

United Kingdom

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	English
Customs & Excise:	HM Revenue & Customs
Development Bank(s):	CDC (CDC Group); The British Business Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	British Standards Institution

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 9/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 11/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 8/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: 8/136 (2016)
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